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OLD WEST SURREY 



with the same material for wick, but much thicker, in that 

 it was dipped several times in the grease, gaining thickness 

 with each successive coating. These were the candles used 

 in the sockets added to the rush-light holders. They were 

 kept in the sheet-iron candle-box, which also served in later 





Hanging Iron Candle- 

 stick 



Iron Candlestick driven 

 into Post 



years for the tallow candles with cotton wicks of more 

 modern make. 



An iron hanging candlestick, with alternative arrangement 

 for a rush-light, hung' over the great farm dining-table. It 

 had a loop and ratchet arrangement like a hanger. The 

 fixed jaw of the rush-holder, an upward continuation of the 



